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The RASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXXI NO. 111. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1932 HASTINGS FIRS! TO BOOK KOSMET SHOW APRIL 1 3 Musical Comedy Will Play In Western Town On Road Tour. MORE TOWNS NEGOTIATE Several Cities Correspond With Klub to Arrange For Appearance. Announcement that Hastings is the first town to be booked for the Kosmet Klub show itinerary was made Saturday by Edwin Faulk ner, business manager of "Jingle Belles." Negotiations for other bookings are still under way with a num C ber of other Nebraska towns, Faulkner said. The Kosmet show cast will play in the Hastings audi , torium April 13. The Hastings showing will be under the local management of Frederick Daly, former university student and member of Innocents society, Beta Theta Pi, and the Kosmet Klub cast. Daly is presi dent of the Hastings chamber of commerce and secretary of the junior chamber, under whose aus pices "Jingle Belles" will be given. Two performances, afternoon and evening, are scheduled for the first town booked. Shows will be held in the Hastings auditorium. Played at Hastings Before. The Kosmet Klub road trip has included Hastings several times in the past, according to Dick Dever eaux, president of the organiza tion. Past musical comedies played to Hastings audiences include "Don't Be Silly," "High and Dry," "The Love Hater" and the "Dream Pirate." Russell Mousel, who has a lead ing role in "Jingle Belles," will be playing before a home town audi ence at Hastings. Other towns being considered for places on the road tour itiner ary include Omaha. Fremont, Nor folk. Nebraska City and Falls City, according to Business Mana ger Faulkner. The presentation date for Lincoln has not yet been announced. Members of the "Jingle Belles" cast have been holding individual (Continued on Page 4.) . PROF. ROBB BLAMES Economics Teacher Talks To Women's Group at Ag College. Prof. T. Bruce Robb, of the de partment of economics, told mem bers of the state home economics association in their final session at the Agricultural college Satur day morning that the installment plan was partially to blame for the 1929 deflation. Decaring that the home maker is responsible for maintaining the health and efficiency of the human race, Prof. Robb emphasized the importance of careful buying for the home. American women have been used to times of plenty and have had to adjust themselves to buying with more consideration. He declared that times of prosper ity should be periods of prepara tion by the home maker for times of depression. Prof. Robb blamed the condition of agriculture at the present time, not on the individual efficiency of the farmer but on the low level price of commodities. No farmer can make money selling wheat at thirty cents and eggs at eight cents a dozen, he said. DEAN FERGUSON WILL SPEAK AT MEETINGS "An Engineer Takes a Look at the Machine Age" is the topic O. J. Ferguson, dean of the College of Engineering, will discuss at a meeting of the Lincoln chapter of the American Interprofessional In stitute at the Lincoln hotel, Sat urday noon, March 26. NSTALLMENT BUYING Kosmet Pony Chorus Presents Show In Penitentiary Auditorium; Men Described as 'Friendly, Amiable By HARRY FOSTER. The Kosmet Klub pony chorus appeared on a program nt the state penitentiary last Thursday night in a show that was presented by the inmates, entitled "Cafe de Irish." The cho rus was a unit of the production, the university men furnish ing amusement and the inmates in return teaching the movie going collegians a lesson. A movie aaaicc pictures peni-u tentiary inmates as jail birds, ruthless killers, cauliflower eared mugs, snow birds and swindlers. They aren't. They are as human as you or I," Dick Devereaux, presi dent of Kosmet Klub, explained. "They greeted us good naturedly and ade us feel at home. They were not morbid or remorseful, and a feeling of amiability and friendliness prevailed. They real ize they have made mistakes, and they have to pay for them mis takes that you or I might have made." The pony chorus was received with enthusiasm and the men roared and laughed at dances, ac- ' " " TAKES JOB IN EUROPE Gene Robb Accepts Position As Publicity Director of Study Tours. Gene Robb, graduate of the uni versity in 1930, will leave Monday morning for New York City, where he will sail for Europe for a five months stay as publicity director for the Pocono Study Tours and American People's College in Europe. During his stay in Europe he will make his headquarters at Oetz, Austria. Before sailing on April 10, Mr. Robb will be located in New York City. He will return to the United States in Septem ber. Mr. Robb has been a member of the staff of the Lincoln Star dur ing the past year. Previously he was the director of the university news service. While in college he was editor of the Daily Neoraskan and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Unsilon. LET Plumbing and Hardware to Be Furnished by Local Companies. BUILDING PROGRESSES Two Lincoln concerns and one Omaha firm were awarded con tracts relative to the women's dor mitory at the University of Ne braska at a meeting of the dormi tory corporation building commit tee held Saturday. George H. Wentz of Lincoln was awarded the largest contract, that for the plumbing. His base bid was $31,997. In addition to his base bid the contract includes provision for the installation of a new and com plete system of tunnel steam dis tribution, intercepting sewer, and other piping; the use of brass pipe for hot water lines; provision for furnishing and installing specified kitchen equipment; and speci fied electrical refrigeration equip ment. Eleven bidders submitted figures for this job. The Lahr Hardware Company of Lincoln was awarded the contract for furnishing the builder's hard ware for the building. Their bid of $3,366 was low in a field of six bidders. The Otis Elevator Company of Omaha was awarded the contract to furnish and install the automa tic service elevator in the new building. Their bid was $2,927. It is expected that plumbing work on the new building will be started at once. Other contractors are now pouring concrete for the basement and University officials expect that with the coming of open weather work will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The dormi tory, which will house about 170 women, will be ready for use next fall. GISH WILL RECOUNT AFRICAN EXPERIENCES Crouds Turned Away Last Month May Hear Talk Again Sunday. Because of the many people who were turned away last month when Mr. Herbert Gish, director of ath letics, spoke on the Nebraska state museum program, the museum has asked Mr. Gish to repeat his talk this afternoon at 4:15 in Morrill hall. According to Miss Marjorie Shanafelt, director of the Sunday program, more than 100 were turned away from the overcrowded auditorium last month when Mr. Gish talked. His subject will again be "With the American Track Team in South Africa," and he will illustrate it with motion pic tures. Including today's program, only two more remain. Easter Sunday marks the close of the museum's present scries of Sunday , pro grams. A new series will begin next fall. The children today at 2:30 will hear the story of "A Boy and Girl of Siam," in which is described the people, customs, animals, industry and religion of Siam. They will also see a film which is called "It's a Bear." ADDRESSES CIVIC LEAGUE. Dr. William Van Royan, instruc tor of geography, addressed a sec tion of the Junior Civic league on "Production and Use of Nitrates," Thursday. cording to Devereaux. The warden and the inmates appreciate the co operation of the Kosmet Klub, which has contributed numbers to many institution shows. The men not only got a kick out of putting on the show but they were also glad to talk to the stu dents. They were not at all reti cent when it came to revealing their crimes and volunteered infor mation about when they expected to get out. I think every citizen and every student should visit the penitentiary so he may change his prevalent distorted views and real ize the humanness of the inmates," (Continued on Page 3.) CARL HUMPHREY TO ACT PART OF BILLYJHE KIO Pauline Gellatly, Elbridge Brubaker, Mae Ekstrand Play Leads. YENNE WRITES DRAMA Reveals Two Weeks of Life Of Famous Southwest Bad Man. Billy the Kid, the glorious, ill famed outlaw of New Mexico of the late '80's who has been rein carnated by Herbert Yenne in "Three Suns West," final Uni versity Players production of the season, will make his first ap pearance in Lincoln March 28 in the person of Carl Humphrey. Miss Pauline Gellatly, assistant director of the Children's Theater, will play Alvarita Valdez, Billy's girl friend. The play, unusual in the fact that Its action does not center about one person alone, has an ad ditional love element provided by the other two leads: Elbridge Bru baker, as Bud Ashton a cow puncher, and Mae Ekstrand as Sally Wray, daughter of the cat tleman whose ranch figures as a background for the last two acts of the play. Mr. Yenne, who has for the past eleven summers visited in New Mexico studying the history of the country and its romantic charac ters, has written the play as an im aginative interpretation of what might have happened during the two weeks of Billy's life about which history is silent; this time, since revealed, he was spending in the company of his girl friend, a Mexican miss with whom the twenty-one year old bad man of the southwest was very much en amored. At the time of his death, Billy had already notched his gun twen (Continued on Page 4.) CHEMIST 10 TELL OF SERVICE OF X RAYS Dr. George Clark, Illinois, Will Address Chemical Organization. Members of the Nebraska sec tion of the American Chemical Society will hear Dr. George L. Clark, professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, speak on "The Service of X-rays in Chemis try and Industry," when he ad dresses the chemists Tuesday eve ning at 7:30 in Chemistry hall. Preceeding the evening meeting Dr. Clark will be entertained by the members of the society at a banquet at the Alpha Chi Sigma house. Dr. Clark is well known both nationally and internationally in the field of chemistry. He received his A. B. degree from DePauw university in 1914, his M. S. from the University of Chicago in 1914 and his Ph. D. from the same uni versity in 1918. He has been on the faculties of Vanderbilt university, Harvard university, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Ameri can Chemical Society, former chairman of the division of Physi cal and Inorganic Chemistry of the A. C. S.,: Fellow A. A. A. S.; Fellow, American Physicial so ciety of Arts; Fellow Duetsch, Physikalischo Gesellschaft; divi sional editor of Radiology; and au thor of the book, "Applied X rays." 'MAKING Editor's Not: Mr. Crawford hai irlvro the Daily Nfbru.knn prrmiMlon to publlnh the radio talk which hr drlivrrrd la.t Monday from the iinlvcmlty radio ntudlo over ntntlon KFAB. Much romtnrnt hm bra made on the talk by all who heard It. Pointing out, in the main, that there are many hopeful aspects at tached to the general economic sit uation, Robert P. Crawford, as sistant to the chancellor, delivered the following radio talk, recently, which follows verbatim: I am not going to impose on your time or patience with any facts or figures, any arguments, or In fact anything: that has to do particularly with the University of Nebraska. Katner i am going to present to you something that I believe will be not only of interest but of decided encouragement. First: Consider the following quo tation: "It is a gloomy moment in his tory. Not for many years not in the lifetime of most men who read this paper has there been so much grave and deep apprenension; never has the future seemed so In calculable as at this time. In our own country ' there la universal commercial prostration and panic, and thousands of our poorest fel low citizens have been turned out against the winter without employ ment, and without the prospect of it. In France the political caldron seet'i'ja and bubbles with uncer tainty; Russia hangs aa usual, like a cloud, dark and silent upon the horizon of Europe; while all the energies, resources and influ ences o the British empire are sorely tried, and are yet to be.tried more sorely, in coping with the Elected President Courtciy of the Star. Prof. A. A. Reed, director of the University of Nebraska Ex tension division, has been named head of the North Central As sociation of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools. He succeeds Dean James B. Edmondson of the University of Michigan. GOETHE'S DEATH TO BE German Department to Hold Program Celebrating Anniversary. POET DIED CENTURY AGO Commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the death of the German poet Goethe, members of the faculty and student body of the German department will meet for a memorial program in the Temple Tuesday evening, March 22 at 8 o'clock. Faculty members, students and citizens of Lincoln are invited to the program, which is a part of the world-wide observance of the death of one of Germany's great est geniuses. In addition to the Temple program Tuesday evening, a radio broadcast has been planned from the university studios at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. The evening program will be opened by the university orchestra playing.. Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, under the direction of Prof. Carl Steckelberg. Introduc tory remarks by Dr. Margarete Hochdoerfer will follow the open ing musical selection. Miss Margaret Cannell, student in the German department, will present a group of four Goethe lyrics, and an address by Prof. Laurence Fossler, head of the Ger manic languages department will explain "Goethe, the Man and His Work." Faust Selections. Selections from Faust will be given by Dr. Wilhelm Pfeiler, in German, and by Theodore Diers, in English. Prof. Clemens Movius will present a solo, "Erlkonig," by Schubert. Closing numbers on the program will be a talk, "Goethe the Cos mopolitan," by Dr. Michael Gins ( Continued on Page 4.) Women Called to Mass Meeting Monday A mass meeting of all uni versity women has been called for 5 o'clock Monday evening in Ellen Smith hall to complete nominations for the A. W. S. board for the coming year. All candidates nominated by the committee should appear at this meeting when they will be in troduced. BERENIECE HOFFMAN, President A. W. S. Board. MONEY BY LOSING IT' By ROBERT P. CRAWFORD Assistant to the Chancellor. Points From Crawford's Talk 1. Economic facts have a strange way of hiding them selves, and most often we tee only what we are looking for. 2. Depressions shake out large fortunes and redistribute the money In the world. 3. Days of depression are re freshing days because they force all of us to new thoughts and new ideas. 4. Let people once begin to feel that they are not so bad off after all and the depression will be over. 5. This period Is a young man's opportunity. vast and deadly Indian insurrec tion, and with its disturbed rela tions in China. It is a solemn mo ment, and no man can feel an in difference (which, happily, no man pretends to feel) In the issue of events. Of our own troubles no man can see the end. They are, fortunately, as yet mainly com mercial; and if we are only to lose money and by painful poverty to be taught wisdom the wisdom of honor, and faith, of sympathy and of charity no man need seriously despair. And yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this widespread calamity, has also tended to destroy the moral forces with which we are to resist and subdue the calamity.. . . " Well, things look pretty black, don't they, and as far ua the In WEST WILL LEAD IN CULTURE SAYS CRAWFORD Nebraska Should Be Leader Declares Instructor In Radio Talk. SEES NEW INFLUENCE No Longer Need We Look to East For Our Ideals He Believes. "The next twenty-five years will see Nebraska attain a rightful place in cultural leadership with an appreciation of itself and its in stitutions," Prof. Robert P. Craw ford, instructor in agricultural journalism and assistant to the chancellor, declared in a radio ad dress over station KFAB Thurs day. The West will provide the future leadership of America, Professor Crawford said, and he pointed out the place of western universities in assuming the cultural leadership in showing the way for their states to take their rightful positions In the new state of affairs. "For two generations now Ne braskans have always cautiously looked eastward for leadership," he asserted, "but remember that Greece looked to Egypt, Italy to Greece, England to the continent, the eastern United States to Eng land, but finally each of those civ ilizations succumbed while new leadership arose in the west. Re member that it was not so many years ago that an educator was not supposed to be educated until he had had a few years' schooling at one of the continental universi ties. This worship of Europe has all but disappeared." West Producing Leaders. "Each time men and women in the west brought new leadership and new knowledge to civiliza tion," Professor Crawford pointed (Continued on Page 2.) L Bankers' Association Makes $500 Available for Student Aid. Word has been received by Mr. L. E. Gunderson, finance secretary of the university and secretary of the university student loan com mittee, that two loan scholarships of $250 each have been awarded Nebraska for next year by the American Bankers association foundation for education in eco nomics of New York City. One scholarship is designated for a student in agricultural economics. The 1932-33 scholarships will be issued for the third successive year to students at Nebraska. The institutions are selected by the foundation on a basis of type of school, educational standards, geo graphical distribution, and their desire to co-operate. The awards are made to students of junior standing or above on a basis of in tegrity, intelligence, character, competency, and aptitude, who are wholly or partially self-supporting, and who are majoring in banking, economics or related subjects. Mineral Collection Sent To Geology Department The department of geology has received a collection of seventy five different minerals from the Ward Natural Science Establish ment. dustrial and financial world is con cerned it seems as if we are just about at the end of the rope. But wait a minute. What you have just read was not published last week or last month or even last year. In fact, it bears the astonishing date of October 10, 1857, and is part of an editorial, with a change of a verb and the omission of an adjective, from Harper's Weekly of that date. And yet to most of us it is just as real as if we had read it in the paper yesterday. But let us compare it with the present: "In a recent speech, Prof. Wil liam T. Foster referred to the meeting of a group of leading fi nancial statisticians experts In business forecasting in New York city on November 4. Professor Fos ter quoted eight of these experts as follows: 'The farmers will not buy much from the proceeds of this harvest; and, with the price declines in process thruout the world, there would seem to be lit tle prospect of any extensive busi ness revival in the near future.' 'The general prospect is for slow and irregular business for ten years.' I expect to see a long and slow recovery to a general level of subnormal, slow business.' Prices will advance a little from present levels and then fall once more. Recovery will be slow.' Conditions abroad will continue to affect our business conditions here. It is a conservative estimate to say that ten years must elapse befoie (Continued on Page 2.) WILL OBSERVE HOLY WEEK Daily Services Will Be Held At University Episcopal Church Next Week. An all university Holy Week service will be held each day of next week Ht the Little Church on the Corner at 13ih and R. The services will be held from 0 to 5:30 o'clock Reinhold Carlson will lead the Monday service. The University Y. W. C. A. vesper choir will have charge of the service on Tuesday. Wednesday the Rev. W. C. Fa well will lead and the Reverend Dean R. Leland will speak on Thursday. Friday a special three hour service will be held from 12 to 3 p. m. An interdenominational fellow ship banquet at which Dr. Albert W. Palmer will speak will be held at the Grand hotel Tuesday, March 22. Tickets will be thirty-five cents. F. KRAUS WILL BE GUEST OF UNIVERSITY Authority on International Law From Germany to Speak Here. CONVOCATION ARRANGED Prof. Herbert Kraus. Drofessor of international law and diplomacy at the university or ooiungen, Germany, will be the guest of the University of Nebraska Tuesday, March 29, and will address an all university convocation in the Tem ple theater at 11 o'clock on "The Political Situation in Germany." Tn tho pvenine- he will SDeak in formally to the Faculty Men's Din ner club on "Educational Trends in Germany." Doctor Kraus is in the United States at the present time lectur ing at Princeton university, and is not unknown In this country. He studied international i a w wun Judge John Bassett Moore and Prof. George C. Wilson before the war. He has written a book on the Monroe Doctrine. He has lectured at Chicago university upon the in vitation of the Harris Foundation. He spoke at the Briarcliffe Manor mpetine' of the American Teachers of International law in 1929, and his wife is a native of the United States. According to Dr. J. O. Hertzler, chairman of the committee on con vocations and public exercises, Prof. Kraus is highly regarded in Germany as a publicist who is ac tively in touch with the current po litical movements. He has com mand of the English language, speaking it accurately and fluently. He has lectured on international ethics at the International Acad emy of Law at the Hague; and has recently written a nook on K.ani and the Problems of International Order" which will soon be trans lated and published in English. TWENTY GRADUATED FROM SHORT COURSE Friday Exercises Finish Farm Training at Ag College. The following twenty farm youths were graduated from the four months farm operators short course at the College of Agricul ture, Friday: Raymond Bucher, DuBois; Don ald Fendrich, Dunlap; Harvey Gall, Eustis; Harvey Uofiens, tjnaaron; Walter Ibsen. Fremont: Paul Jones, Salem; Howard Leaders, Fort Crook; Joe Lindsay, Union; Richard Lippincott, Blair; Arnold Luschen. Irvine-ton: Emil Mastny, Stanton; Lawrence Metzger, Craw ford; Howard Miller, unaaiua; Clifford Nelson. Lyon's; Leonard Ohrt, Bennington; William Peter son. Axtell; Harold Rich, North Loup; Corwin Shipherd, Nora; Ar thur Vesley, veraei; Haroia jp pliger, Columbus. W. A. Robbins, president of the T.lnrnln School of Commerce, de livered the commencement address after which the graduates were given certificates of graduation. Miss Shanafelt Speaks At Veterans Hospital Miss Marjorie Shanafelt, curator of visual education, spoke at the Veterans' hospital Thursday eve-nino- nnri illustrated her talk with pictures describing fossil collecting in Nebraska. Nine Coeds Make Known What They Like and Don't Like About Habits And Conduct of Male Collegians By JACK ERICKSON. Casting a critical eye on the male collegian, nine repre sentative' coeds gave their opinions on his habits of dress and conduct in a questionnaire interview Saturday afternoon. They also declared their stand on the question of marriage and e.iiU dren. as well as giving a few personal opinions on "dating. hn nf tlm mpstions asked the coeds was: Would yon rather nave a aate wiu vcijry ACfcbtAVA m r .nnironlal Vint undistinguished man than with a less congenial man who is Important in campus activ ities? Eight of them said they would prefer the undistinguished man while the other -msc her lot with the activities sm Concerning marriage one of the group said ehe did not intend to marry at all, seven of them in tended to marry enly if they were deeply in love, and the other merely looked upon marriage aa the obvious step after college. When asked: "Have you definite ideas about the amount of money you would expect the man you LIS! NOMINEES FOR POSITIONS ON AM BOARD Candidates for Presidency Are Helen Baldwin and Jane Axtell. ELECTION IS THURSDAY Further Nominations Will Be Made Previous to Balloting. TSTntninations for thu A. W. S. board are announced today and will be completed at a mass meeting in Ellen smitn nan at o ockjck, Monday eveninc when two nomi- nepa will he added to each class. The A. W. S. election will take place Thursday from 9 until 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall, and from in until 2 n'rlnrk in the Home Economics parlors at Ag campus. .Tnn Avtell of Omaha and Helen Baldwin of Omaha have been nominated for the presidency of the board. Candidates for senior, members are Deloris Deadman of Fairbury, Eleanor Dixon of Blair, Willa McHcnry of Nelson, Evelyn O'Connor of Elsie, Lois Picking of Lincoln, and Margarst Upson of Odell. TVi nominations fnr iunior mem bers of the board for the coming year are Jane Boos of Howard, Anne Bunting of Lincoln, Mar-t- Rnol of RandolDh. Alice Geddcs of Lincoln. Valentine Klotz of Lincoln, and Lucile Reilly or Lincoln. Sophomore Nominees. The nominees for sophomore membership on the A. W. S. board . are Calista Cooper of Humboldt, Helene Haxthusen of Lincoln, Leah Carlson of Lincoln, Laura McAlister of Lincoln, Bash Per kins of Arnold, and Marian Smith of Omaha. Miss Axtell is affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega, and is secretary of the A. W. S. board thi3 year. She is a Tassel, and member of the Physicial Education club. Miss Baldwin is a member of Alpha Phi and is a junior member of the A. W. S. board. She is treasurer and concession manager of W. A. A. and has worked on the Cornhusker (Continued on Page 4. 1 F Short Course Grads HolH Trials Before Friday Commencement. ' A livestock iudirine contest open to farm operators course students ... . ' -X 1 1. at the university cu jcuiasn College of Agriculture was won by nnnaM MorUon of Alma. Awards for the contest were announced just previous to graduation exer cises for twenty farm youths who were graduated after four months of study. Second place was awarded to Chester Benton, Waterbury, and Lvnus Carlson, Hamill, S. Dak., was third. Marvin Kjar, Moorficld, was the best individual judge of cattle, nonnlrl r.oesirer. Firth, the best judge of sheep, Donald Macken, Alma, the nest judge 01 nogs, Chester Benton, Waterbury, the best judge of horses. The complete list of winners follows: High Men on AH Classes. nonalrl Macken. Alma: Chester Benton, Waterbury; Lynus Carl son, Hamill, 5. LaK.; Maroia ciur, Arlington; Marvin Kjar, Moore fioiH- Harrv Rix. Cushine: Harold Oppliger, Columbus; Darrell Bau- der, Pauline; Kudoipn jviunaeriocu, Bancroft; George Heumann, Omaha. High Men on Cattle. Marvin Kjar, Moorefield; Lynu.i Carlson, Hamill, S. Dak.; Harold nnniio-or rvilumbus: Donald Mac ken, Alma; and Vincent Spring, Sabetha, Kas. High Men on Hogs. Donald Macken, Alma; Harold Stock. Arlington; Chester Benton, (Continued on Page 3.) Wiootv. ti Ha oarnincr?" of them replied "yes" and three answered "no." Seven or ine group conaiuer children as essential to married hanniness while two others do rot believe the children matter. Favor Taller Men. When asked: "Would you ba willing to marry a maa shorter thn yourself?" eight of tie coeds answered with a decided "no" while the ninth remarked, "It all depends." In reply to the . query - Would you feel that a man had a right to ask a girl to become engaged to (Continued on Tage 3.) I I- Ilk Sv